Which Nations Conform Most?
Which of the three lines on the right matches the length of the line on the left? I’ve been away for a little while… Not literally, as in gone off to far flung land and had a grand adventure, nice (and...
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Lightning tears temple assunder. Divine wrath, or natural disaster? . . . There was a seaside temple in India that was struck by lightning. That minor storm was the vanguard to a full hurricane that...
View ArticleConservation
Don’t let a thread fall without noticing it. Don’t rake dry brown leaves carelessly. Think of how difficult it was For something to take this existence. . . . Frugality is lauded in almost every...
View ArticleExploring The Idea, Or Notion, Of A ‘Self’
PART 2 . . . . . . . . The opportunity to experience yourself differently is always available. Mingyur Rinpoche . . . . . . . . While the first part of this exposé on the notion of a ‘self’ discussed...
View ArticleThe Consciousness Connection
. . . . . . . . The other day I posted a brief essay (of sorts) that continued my investigation into this notion that many of us have about our ‘self’… For over five years now I have been fortunate...
View ArticleSurviving Progress
. . . Just over a month ago, around my birthday, I saw this rather interesting film that was airing on the BBC’s iPlayer… The main reason it caught my eye was because I was looking to buy a DVD copy...
View ArticleMatrix
This fragile body Is matrix For mind and soul. . . . We cannot afford to neglect our bodies, even if we recognise that we must not identify with them exclusively. Actually, in our search for our true...
View ArticleOn The Formation Of Disk Galaxies
. . . . . . . . I love patterns… Especially ones that have chaotic tendencies. Within these pages there are many suggested places where one might find these ever shifting, non-predictable eddies of...
View ArticleThe Overview Effect
In lieu of the recent winter Solstice celebration, I’d like to offer everyone who passes by this website a short film that holds a special message for us all. It was made by a couple of friends of a...
View ArticleA Community Of The Spirit
. . . There is a community of the spirit. Join it, and feel the delight of walking in the noisy street and being the noise. Drink all your passion, and be a disgrace. Close both eyes...
View ArticlePerceptual Illusions – Experiencing Invisible Hands
. . . After having read an article on PsyPost‘s website the other day about how scientists have recently induced phantom sensations in non-amputess, I had quite a strong intuitive sense that this...
View ArticleDaniel Goleman On Compassion
. . . Bearing in mind the recent posts here that relate to the notion of a “self“… And thinking about our strongly ingrained consumeristic tendencies in this multimedia age of memetic supremacy… Not...
View ArticleHow Interdependent We All Are To Everything Around Us -Human Bodies
. . . Over the last few years I haven’t had much cause for complaint… Apart from one point where my stomach stopped operating like it usually did i.e. free of pain and without sporadic bouts of...
View ArticleSacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein
. . . Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein – A Short Film from Ian MacKenzie on Vimeo. . . . To find out where I sourced this video from, please click here. To find out a bit more about Ian...
View ArticleScience – Maintaining A Balance
. . . “At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes – an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most...
View ArticleParrots the Universe and Everything
. . . I must confess that I am always slightly baffled about how the majority of people that I meet in life don’t quite get why either conventional or unconventional methods of fossil fuel extraction...
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